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ANNUAL    REPORT 


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JARED  1    WHITAKER, 


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FOR  THE  FISCAL  YEAR,  ENDINC  OCTOBER  I.5th,18G3. 


BOUGHTON,  NISBET,  BARNES  &  MOORE,  State  Printirs. 

MlLLEDOEVir.LE,    GA  , 

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COMMISSARY  GENERAL'S  OFFICE,  > 
Atlanta,  Ga.,  November  26th,  1S63.      > 

To  Henry  C.  JVaijnc,  Adjutant  and  Inspector  General: 

GENERAL--I  have  the  honor  to  transmit  herewith,  in  du- 
plicate, copies  of  my  "Hnancial"  and  "property  report"  ; 
the  former  embracing  the  receipts  and  disbursements  of 
money  in  defraying  the  expenses  of  the  Commissary  Depart- 
ment of  this  State  from  the  21st  day  of  October,  1862,  to 
the  l-5th  day  of  October,  1SG3,  both  days  inclusive  ;  and 
the  latter  embracing  a  statement  of  the  purchases  and  is- 
sues made  of  Commissary  stores  from  the  Ist  November, 
1S62,  to  the  1st  November,  1SG3. 

In  transmitting  these  reports,  I  beg  leave  to  state,  that 
my  financial  report  has  ^jK^en  for  some  time  withheld,  in  or- 
der to  transmit  with  it  the  property  report  of  this  office, 
which  could  not  be  made  untif  the  reports  of  the  several 
Commissaries,  up  to  the  1st  instant  had  been  received,  and 
these,  in  many  instances,  having  been,  from  unavoidable  cir- 
cumstances, delayed  in  their  receipt  here,  I  hav^  not  been 
able,  until  now,  to  consolidate  and  transmit  the  property 
report  to  you. 

You  will  perceive  from  my  financial  report,  marked  A, 
that  I  have  received  the  past  year,  from  the  State  treasury 
on  warrants,  $325,000.00,  and  from  officers,  for  balances, 
$30,232.04.  These,  with  the  balance  left  in  my  hands  on 
the  20th  October,  1S62,  as  per  my  report  of  the  first  fiscal 
year  of  file  in  your  office,  to-wit,  $39,371.21,  show  the  ag- 
gregate amount  of  my  liabilities  for  monies  received,  to  be 
$394,603.25,  while  the  aggregate  disbursements  have  been 
$315,554.91,  for  all  of  which  the  proper  vouchers  are  in 
this  office  ;  leaving  in  my  hands  a  balance  of  $79,048.34  afc 
the  close  of  the  last  fiscal  year  ;  the  actual  amount  expen- 
ded m  the  procurement  of  supplies,  the  past  year,  being 
$2S'j,322.87. 

In  the  procurement  of  supplies  for  the  State,  during  the 
past  year,  my  directions  to  the  purchasing  Commissaries, 
Capt.  William  Watkins,  and  Capt.  A.  0.  Bacon,  were  to^;;^r- 
cha^e  them  at  the  lowest  cash  prices  possible,  and  to  avoid 
impre«srijent8 ;  in  the  pursuance  of  which  directions,  not- 


withstanding  the  (lifTicultiesthey  had  to  encounter,  it  grati- 
fies me  to  be  able  to  stjute,  that  they  were  .more  successful 
in  obtaining  them,  than,  from  their  scarcity,  might  have 
been  anticipated,  and  at  mucli  lower  rates,  than,  from  the 
reports  of  "current  prices,"  the  same  supplies  were  com- 
manding in  the  market.  And  here,  permit  me  to  state,  that 
during  the  two  years  I  have  had  charge  of  this  oflice,  I 
have  not  been  forced  to  the  necessity  of  resorting  either  to 
a  seizure  or  impressment  in  order  to  procure  supplies  needed 
for  the  State  or  her  troops. 

In  my  "proi)erty  report"  marked  B',  you  will  find  em- 
braced u  statement  ol  the  various  supplies  purciiased  and 
issued  during  the  past  year.  From  these  supplies  the 
"Bridge  Guard"  were  subsisted  from  the  1st  November, 
1S62,  until  the  two  regiments,  composing  the  "State  line" 
were  orG:;inized.  Tliese  two  recrinients,  together  with  a 
portion  of  the  "State  Ouard"  and  other  troops  in  the  Con- 
federate service,  have  also  been  subsisted  upon  these  stores, 
to  what  extent  is  clearly  set  forth  in  the  abstract  B.  The 
issues  to  the  "State  Guard"  and  other  troops  in  the  Confed- 
erate service,  were  made  by  your  order  to  the  issuing  Com- 
missaries while  you  were  in  command  of  the  State  forces 
at  Kingston. 

The  total  receipts  of  supplies  during  the  past  year,  were 
as  follows  :  fresh  beef  01, 78-5  Ib^  and  4  oz. ;  dried  beef 
J. 5,853  lbs  ;  bacon,  2-3<,2-20  lbs  ;  il^ir  L',1S3  bbls,  and  IS  lbs  ; 
wheat  123  bushels;  meal  249,8!J4  lbs;  peas  203  bushels 
and  30  lbs  ;  rice  03,-523  lbs  ;  rye  789  lbs  ;  cofiee  3,901  lbs  ; 
sugar  17,034  lbs;  vindgar  412  gallons;  candles  5,993  lbs; 
soap  12,511  lbs  and  s  oz  ;  salt  Ao*2  bushels  and  17  quarts; 
molasses  2,480  gallons;  lard  8,075  lbs  ;  corn  12,001  bush- 
els and  28  lbs. 

The  total  issues  were  as  follows  :  fresh  beef  01,785  lbs 
and  4  oz;  dried  beef  0,443  lbs;  bacon  201,029  lbs;  Hour  1,200 
bbls  and  28  lbs;  wheat  123  bushels  ;  meal  227,495  lbs  ;  peas 
43  bushels  and  18  lbs  ;,  rice  33,109  lbs  ;  rye  789  lbs  ;  cofl'ee 
2,133  lbs  and  10  oz  ;  sugar  8,044  lbs  and  4  oz  ;  vinegar  380 
gallons  ;  candles  2,700.  lbs  and  13  oz  ;  soap  7,885  lbs  and  7 
oz  ;  salt  405  bushels  and  4  quarts  ;  molasses  1,223  gallons 
and  3  quarts;  lard  7,817  lbs  ;  corn  4,073  bushels  ;ind  30  lbs. 

The  supplies  on  hand  as  you  will  also  perceive  Irom  the 
Abstract  on  the  1st  nistant,  consist  of  9,110  lbs  dried  beef; 
57,191  lbs  bacon  ;  i)22  barrels  and  180  lbs  Hour ;  22,399 
lbs  meal;  210  bushels  and  J2  lbs  peas;  30,354  lbs  rice  ; 
1,827  lbs  and  6  oz  collee  ;  8,389  lbs  and  12  oz  sugar;  32 
gallons  vinegar  ;  3,2s()  lbs  and  3  oz  candles  ;  4,020  lbs  and 
I  oz  soap  ;  27  bushels  13  quarts  salt ;  1,202  gallons  and  1 
quart  molasses  ;  228  lbs  lard  ;  and  7,387  bushels  and  54  lbs 
corn. 

.Kvery  eflbrt  is  now  being  made  by  Captain  William  Wat- 


kins,  and  Captain  Arthur  P.  Wright,  the  purchasing  Com- 
missaries of  this  department,  to  procure  supplies  for  the 
current  year.  The  success  that  has  hitherto  attended  the 
State  officers,  is  a  guaranty,  that,  although  there  are  many 
more  obstacles  now  in  the  way  of  procuring  the  supplies 
needed,  than  at  any  previous  period  of  the  war,  they 
will  be  successful  in  their  efibrts  to  procure  them.  I  can- 
not too  highly  compliment  the  purchasing  and  issuing  Com- 
missaries for  their  energy  and  economy,  and  for  the  service 
they  have  rendered  the  State,  in  securing  and  issuing  sup- 
plies, and  my  acknowledgments  are  due  to  Captain  A.  B. 
Forsyth,  the  Military  Storekeeper  at  Atlanta,  for  the  faith- 
ful manner  in  which  he  has  preserved  the  public  stores  and 
otherwise  discharged  the  responsible  duties  of  his  office. 

In  reference  to  this  department,  1  beg  leave  to  say  a  few 
words  before  closing  this  report.  In  addition  to  the  duties 
of  my  office,  proper,  as  Commissary  General  of  the  State, 
I  have  been  charged  by  his  Excellency,  the  Governor,  with 
the  extra  labor  and  responsibility  of  receiving  and  issuing 
to  soldiers'  families  the  salt  from  the  Virginia  Salt  Works, 
contracted  for  by  the  State  with  Messrs  Temple  &  Co.  Con- 
sequently there  are  two  separate  and  distinct  records  kept 
in  this  office  ;  the  one  embracing  a  record  of  all  business 
matters  pertaining  to  the  Commissary  General's  department, 
proper,  and  the  other  to  all  matters  connected  with  the  re- 
ceipts and  issues  of  salt.  I  have,  therefore,  made  to  you, 
and  transmith  herewith,  a  separate  and  distinct  report  on 
the  salt  received  and  issued  by  this  oliice,  which  embraces 
many  important  facts,  not  the  least  of  which  is  the  evidence 
it  presents  of  the  great  relief  its  issiuiiice  has  been  to  the 
families  of  those  who  have  been  and  are,  still  in  the  military 
service  of  the  country. 

It  affords  me  much  pleasure,  in  conclusion,  to  state  that 
I  am  under  many  obligations  to  ]\Iessrs.  G.  C.  Norton, 
Young  Garrett,  John  Stephens,  and  Sherwood  S.  Campbell, 
for  the  prompt  and  very  efficient  manner  in  which  thev 
have  discharged  their  duties  as  Clerks  in  this  office. 

Kespectfull  V  submitted, 
JARED  L.WHITAKER, 

Commissary  General. 


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A. 

ABSTRACT  s/iouiufT  f  he  amount  of  money  received  and  disburs- 
ed bif  mc  Hi  Commissartj  Goicral  of  the  iStofc  of  Georgia  in  dc- 
fi'fiijing  the  cTjtcnscs  of  the  Commissary   Deport mcnt  from  the 
21st  day  if  October,  1SG2,  to  the  loth  day  if  October,  1SG3, 
both  days  inclnswe  : 

Reckipts. 
To  balance  on  hand  the  i!Oth  Octo- 

tober  1^0:i,  -  $39,371.21 

To  ain't  rcc'tJ  from  State  Treasury 

per  AVarrants,  32o, 000.00 

To  ani't  received  from  ofliccrs  for 

balances,  30,232.04 

S394,G03.25 


Dl.SnUIJSKMKNTS. 

By  amount  transferred    to    officers 

to  purchase  supplies,  $300,l(>5.2r5 

By  am't  disl)urse(l  by  nic  as  Com- 
missary General  in  settlement 
for  supplies,  7,.')21.77 

By  amount  disbursed  fc»r  salaries, .       5,100.00 

By  amount  disbursed  for  contin- 
gent expenses,  2,104.89 


To  balance  on  hand  iOth 

October  1802,  s  39,371.21 

To  am't   received  fioni 
.   State  Treasury,  32'),000.00 


$310,554.91 
79,048.34 


364,371.21 

B}' balance  on  hand  IStli 

day  of  October  1863,     79,04^.34 


Actual   am't    expended 

to  15th  Oct.  1SG3,    '$285,322.87 


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